The Navy awarded HII a detail design and construction contract for DDG 113 June 15, 2011. Currently, the Navy has four Arleigh Burke-class destroyers under contract: DDG 113 and DDG 114 at HII, and DDG 115 and DDG 116 at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works. The Navy is relying on a stable and mature infrastructure while increasing the ship's air and missile defense capabilities through spiral upgrades to the weapons and sensor suites. All of these Flight IIA destroyers will be delivered with Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) capability.

DDG 113 is expected to deliver in early 2016, and is named after John William Finn, a Sailor in the U.S. Navy who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II. As a chief aviation ordnanceman stationed at Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay, he earned the medal by manning a machine gun from an exposed position throughout the attack, despite being repeatedly wounded. At the time of his death in May 2010, Finn was the oldest living Medal of Honor recipient and the last living recipient from the attack on Pearl Harbor.

As one of the Defense Department's largest acquisition organizations, PEO Ships, an affiliated PEO of the Naval Sea Systems Command, is responsible for executing the development and procurement of all major surface combatants, amphibious ships, special mission and support ships, and special warfare craft. Currently, the majority of shipbuilding programs managed by PEO Ships benefit from serial production efficiencies, which are critical to delivering ships on cost and schedule.